by Rowan | Mar 27, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]So, now you’ve had your coffee, and your vote, and you’re all wide awake and ready to hear some Very Good Advice, right? Right? Quit while you’re ahead. I know, right? When was the last time...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 24, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write Sometimes, inspiration comes not from reading, but from some other avenue. When I went to see an exhibit of female surrealist painters a few years back, it felt like they...
by Nathan James | Mar 17, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, Open, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write This week’s ultimate question reminds me of the first lightbulb I had in a creative writing course. I was assigned to read Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by...
by Rowan | Mar 13, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Winners, YeahWrite
The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort. Those aren’t the first words in Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, but they’re the first ones I read, and they caught me immediately. This, I thought, is how you tell...
by Rowan | Mar 11, 2015 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, gargleblaster, micro challenge, microfiction, Microprose, Nonfiction, the speakeasy, Voting, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Vote for your favorite nonfiction, fiction and microstories here. Also, Rowan swears in this post. [editor’s note: this rant has been sitting in my drafts folder for several months. I reached critical mass this week but that...
by Natalie DeYoung | Mar 10, 2015 | Fiction|Poetry, the speakeasy, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Welcome to the fiction and poetry challenge at yeah write Sometimes when writing we become too comfortable. We rely on our usual tricks to tell a story that neatly wraps up in less than 600 words and leaves no question unanswered....